Shocking news leaked out last night and was confirmed by Robert Feder this morning…
Len Kasper, who’s been the TV play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Cubs for 16 years, will become radio voice of the Chicago White Sox this spring, according to multiple sources.
The surprise announcement expected today follows the move of White Sox baseball broadcasts to WMVP 1000-AM, the Good Karma Brands ESPN sports/talk station, under a multiyear agreement finalized last month.
Kasper replaces Andy Masur in the radio booth alongside Darrin Jackson, who continues in the role of analyst he has held since 2000. The White Sox most recently aired on Nexstar Media Group news/talk WGN 720-AM.
Eckhartz Press publisher Rick Kaempfer interviewed Len several times. This one was coming off the World Series win, during spring training in 2017, for the Illinois Entertainer.
The following year Len contributed to the Eckhartz Press book “Cubsessions” written by Becky Sarwate Maxwell and Randy Richardson.
Eckhartz Press publishers Rick and Dave also interviewed him this year for their podcast (Minutia Men) right after the news leaked that he had signed a one-year deal with the Marquee network. If you listen closely to this interview (which begins at the 16:30 mark), you can hear that he wasn’t exactly thrilled with the prospect. In addition, we talked about the White Sox, and he seemed excited about their prospects.
And finally, of course Len is mentioned in EveryCubEver. Here is his entry…
~Len Kasper 1971– (Cubs announcer 2005-2020)
Len has been the TV play-by-play man for the Cubs since 2005. He replaced Chip Caray. Len does a great job on the broadcasts, often spicing them up by appealing to the stats geeks (with an occasional SABR-metric) and the rock and roll generation (with music references). He also hosts an occasional rock and roll show on WXRT radio. When Bob Brenley was his color man, Len & Bob would even rock out every year the night before the Cubs Convention
Sorry to hear about Andy Masur. He was also interviewed for the Illinois Entertainer by Kaempfer shortly before the COVID-shortened 2020 season.
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